Muse CC: hands-on review

Adobe's tool offers a code-free way to create websites. But what it's like to use in practice?

Our Verdict

There's clear room for improvement, but this is still the best tool on the market for code-free web creation.

For

  • No coding required
  • Easy to pick up
  • Creative Cloud integration
  • Good resources

Against

  • Quality of code
  • No Plug and Play
  • Sites not strictly responsive

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Yesterday I wrote in some detail about how Adobe Muse solves a problem that's been a thorn in the side of designers like myself for many years. Namely, the lack of a way to create functioning web page layouts without learning how to code. So before you cry foul and dismiss the very nature of this project on the basis that "all designers should code", I'd urge you to read my reasoning on this score.

If you remain unconvinced, then I bid you farewell. For the rest of you, let me share my experiences in getting hands on with Muse...

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

Muse CC

There's clear room for improvement, but this is still the best tool on the market for code-free web creation.

Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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